Ha! women, I dunno. I was just thinking wow smart pictures wonder what camera and bugger I wish I'd though of doing something that clever when mine were that old : )
They are absolutely beautiful, and amazing! I was thinking along the same lines as Louise about the broodiness, and also you Bubblegum, not the camera part, but wishing I had done something like this when C was younger. Do you think it is too late to do similar now? hehe
They're so sweet.
I'm pleased to say I'm not broody!! 
I get broody (can men) when I see little sandles, like Teva ones or something, it makes me wish I could have more kids and watch them grow up too.
Yes, men can get broody - and why shouldn't you?
Hugs...
I think that is lovely Bubblegum, to hear a man say he gets broody. You're a wonderful Dad, now all you need to do is go meet someone, and hey presto hehe.
Ha ha alisoncam, I love your hey presto!! Is that your plan? 
Or are you done with babies?
Definately done with babies Anna!! Sometimes I wish I'd had another, but I had too much going on, and no way could I have coped with 2. I'm extremely lucky that I even had C, so I'm very grateful for what I have.
Two is actually easier than one, I think anyway, they entertain themselves. This week has been pretty miserable weather wise and my two have sat downstairs in front of the computer 'cooperating' while playing two player LEGO Harry Potter 1-4. There has been just the odd argument, usually late into the night when they have been playing it for hours.
I've only had to say a couple of times that I'm not going to come there and sort out their argument I'm going to come there and turn the bloody computer off if they don't sort it out themselves.
I'm probably a bad parent but you know how it is, if they've found something that keeps them quiet then yippie! let them do it, though I suppose I'd have to draw the line if they started doing coke or something, or sat there rolling joints, or watching TV, or all three at the same time, they can do that when they are in their 20's and I don't know abut it.
: )
Sounds like they are having fun with Harry Potter Bubblegum. That's what C and I have been playing on laptop. We argue over whose turn it is, then I tell him I will turn if off if he doesn't let me play, hehe. The weather here is good, warm, but not warm enough to get the pool out for him. He won't go into the garden on his own, (well, five minutes at a time).
It's extremely hard knowing what to do with them isn't it? Like you say, the two of them can entertain each other, C does to a certain extent, but then he says the famous words, 'I'm bored'.
When mine say they are bored I explain that what they are actually saying is that they them selves are boring because the world is in actual fact full of things to do, both inside and outside of their heads, and that their mind is the best toy they will ever have, so bugger off and use it.
Now when they say they are bored I look at them and they role their eyes and wander off.
Ha!
Next I have to train them to make coffee.
That is a day I'm waiting for too. Ohhhhhh to be made a cup of tea or coffee is my idea of heaven! Someone gave me a toaster recently, and I'm letting C do that, but I still have to be in the kitchen, as I'm paranoid about these sort of things!! I've moved the microwave too, so it is lower, but he can put things in, turn the timer, and that is it. Won't let him remove anything from it, but it makes him feel a bit more 'grown-up'
I know someone with an 8 year old, makes coffee etc, uses microwave, and her arms have been burned several times. I couldn't live with that on my conscience!!
My son scalded his leg when he was bout three climbing up and about on the kitchen worktops, trying to get at a bottle of wine of all things!? but he ended up getting water from a recently boiled kettle on his leg. He had a massive blister and even now if you look carefully you can see slight discolouration, especially when he's caught the sun.
Ever since then I fill and empty the kettle whenever I use it, actually I just put the amount of water I want boiled in it and a splash more, like say a cup and then just a splash : )
Also luckily it happened during a period when their mum wasn't seeing them or no doubt I'd have ended up in court being accused of neglect, despite the fact I don't live in a world of drugs and violence, moving from one hostel to the next, leaving behind a trail of people out to get me for various things not limited to but generally involving drugs!!. ^^ :)
P.S. I'm not bitter. :D
Accidents like that can so easily happen, and it's a good idea to do that with the kettle. When C was in a high-chair, I didn't strap him in, as I was in the kitchen with him. I turned for a split second to get something, and next thing, he was on the floor, bashing his head. Thankfully he was ok, but from then on, he was strapped in at all times.
My daughter would happily sit in her chair strapped to it for hours with a smile on her face, my son was like a wild caged animal frothing at the mouth to be let out, if I left him for a moment when I returned he would be free sticking his fingers in a plug or something, straps dangling, inexplicably still closed.
Yes you only have to turn your head for a split second...When youngest was a baby, I had bathed him (baby bath on draining board) and he was dried and dressed and the door bell rang. Not wanting him to get cold, I placed him on his mat on the floor and raced to the door. Back five seconds later to find him choking on a piece of tin foil, which certainly hadn't been on the floor before, I can only think that a small square was under the cooker and he had seen it, being at floor level.....So I picked him up by the ankles, put him upside down and hooked my finger in his mouth and hey presto the foil came out. What a scare though!
I agree, eight does seem too young for making hot drinks. My 15 year old does OFFER to make me tea but no thank you! he has been making hot drinks for about three years. The first time he made one for his brother, J said three sugars please and E made him a coffee with three spoons of coffee and one of sugar. YUK. But when J is here, he makes me a nice cup of tea occasionally.
Bubblegum your caution with the kettle actually means you are also being kind to the environment!
Yeah.. it's one of those flat bottom ones too, no filament, so you can boil really small amounts :)
AWWWW!
I am too old to feel this broody, I had better not look again